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The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow
4.0

Art student abroad in Paris graphic memoir. Does not follow the stereotypical trajectory of an “artist in Paris” memoir. Describes hitchhiking as a very boring, but when someone stops for you “it feels like you’re winning a game.” Explores the limits of individual acts of rebellion against capitalism, especially in the context of hitchhiking during a school break. Towards the end, Yanow says (while hungry) “if individual acts of rebellion are the path to revolution, then we suck at revolution” to which her anarchist travelling companion says “even if that were true, I don’t think every act can be an act of rebellion.” I like the art style, especially the characters.